Method of addressing newspapers.



No. 663,292. Patented'Dec; 4, I900. A. T. MOCREARY.

METHOD OF ADDRESSING, NEWSPAPERS.

(Application filed Sept. 12, 1900.) (No Model.)

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METHOD OF ADDRESSING NEWSPAPERS.

(Application filed Sept. 12, 1900.)

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ALFRED T. MOOREARY, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO JOHN H. SIKES, OF SAME PLACE. I

METHOD OF ADDRESSING NEWSPAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,292, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed September 12, 1900- Serial No. 29,344. [No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ALFRED T. MOOREARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Method of Addressing Newspapers, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my said invention.

My invention relates to the art of addressing newspapers, envelops, and wrappers for articles intended for mailing. In order that the nature and scope of my invention may be clearly understood, I will briefly describe the art as commonly known and practiced prior to my invention. I

The usual procedure in addressing newspapers and the like is first to prepare printed slips containing the names and addresses of persons to whom papers are to be addressed. Paste or some other adhesive material is then applied on the back of the slips. Portions of a slip each containing a single name and address are then struck off or out off by a suitable implement and are then successively pressed with the adhesive side down on the papers to which they are to be attached. The

practical objections to this method are that.

any excess of paste on the back of the slips is liable to squeeze out and smear on the papers being addressed, so as to cause the papers to stick together in such manner that in separating the papers there is great danger of destroying the addresses on one or more of the adhering papers. The method is also objectionable because the address-slips being printed on light paper, such as is best adapted for pasting, the paper of the slips absorbs the paste and while wet is very easily torn. Hence there is great danger that in attempting to detach a single address the paper will tear, so as to destroy two or more addresses. Another objection is that the paper of the address-slips being opaque the pasting of an address on top of printed or Written matter conceals the matter underlying the address.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a method for addressing newspapers which shall be free from all of the foregoing objections and in addition shallhave the practical advantages of neatness in appearance and effectiveness in use, as hereinafter fully set forth.

To make my invention effective, I preferably employ the mechanism hereinafter dev absorbent paper or paper which will takemoisture readily.

Second. Providing a continuous negative strip of transparent materialsuch, for example, as the very lightand hard paper known as onionskin paper.

Third. Treating said negative strip with a solution composed of turpentine, twelve parts; clear resin, two parts; boiled linseedoil, one-half part, and japan drier, one-half part, all by weight. The resin is dissolved in the turpentine and the oil and drier are then added. The whole is then shaken and applied with a soft brush to one side only of the paper. After coating the paper as described it is dried thoroughly before using.

Fourth. Applying moisture to the back or unprinted side of the address-strip. Water applied on the back of the address strip quickly penetrates the paper thereof and softens the ink sufficiently to permit its transfer to the negative strip, but not enough to cause the ink to run, as it would do if water were applied directly to the inked face of the paper. I have found in practice that paper of the quality known as sized and supercalendered is well adapted for this purpose; but any other paper may be used which is sufficiently absorbent to permit the water to quickly penetrate the body-paper and soften or loosen the ink to such extent that it will not run and yetwill readily leave the address-strip and adhere to the negative strip,

printed side of the previously-moistenedaddressstrip and then subjecting both to pressure, so as to cause the transfer of the ink from the address-strip to the negative strip, the transferred addresses being thus produced in negative on the negative strip. The preparation of the negative strip is such that the copyable ink will take on the untreated side thereof, but by reason of the slight filling of resin on the back of the paper will not strike through the paper. This condition of the negative strip greatly facilitates the transfer of the ink from the negativestrip to the moistened surface of the paper to be addressed. As is.well known, the copyable ink has an affinity for Water and will readily leave the dry surface of the negative strip, on which it lies only superficially, and will go to and strike into the moist surface of the paper to be addressed. The coating of the negative strip with the compound described increases the. transparency of the strip, so that the names and addresses mayreadily be viewed through the strip and the operator can see that the names come into proper position for transfer to the papers to be addressed. This transparency of the negative strip is a valuable feature of my invention.

Sixth. Moistening the paper to be addressed, thereby placing it in condition to readily take the ink from the negative strip.

Seventh. Placing the printed side of the negative strip in contact with the moistened paper.

Eighth. Subjecting the negative-strip to pressure in contact with the moistened paper, so as to transfer the addresses from the nega tive strip to the paper.

In practice the names and addresses are set in type on galleys, which are transferred to a printing-press, and impressions in copyable ink are taken therefrom on slips of suitable length, and the slips are then preferably pasted together to form a continuous strip; but it is obvious that the slips may be used separately without departing from my invention.

The ink preferably used in printing the'address-slips is of the kind known as anilin copying-ink, such ink being preferred on account of the facility with which it works; but any other ink which is readily transferable by the use of water may be used without departing from my invention.

The mechanism preferably employed in executing the method herein described is shown in the annexed drawings, in Which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a side elevation and top plan of the complete mechanism. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is an enstri p from the spool. v6 is covered with fibrous material, such as ply of water to the pipe 8. cured to the shaft of the roll 7 and serves to i turn same. It-act' with the roll 7. suitable bearings on the frame 5. 1 1 and 2 pass part way aroundthe roll 11 and between the rolls 1 1 and 12. loverlies and its printed face contactswith lthe untreated side of the strip 2.

eas s larged partial vertical section through the moistener on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference-numerals designate like parts in all of the views.

The address-strip 1 and the negative strip 2 are respectively carried on spools: 3 and 4, mounted to turn in suitable bearings on the frame 5. Rolls 6 and 7 are mounted to turn in suitable hearings on the frame 5. The

strip 1 passes between them with the back or unprinted side of the strip in contact with the roll 6, and as they turn they unwind the The surface of the roll felt, adapted to absorb water dripped onto the surface of the roll through a pipe 8, con-. nected with a water-box H, suitably supported" above the roll 6. A cock 8 controls the sup- The roll 6 turns in frictional con- Rolls' 11 and 12 turn in The strips The strip 1 As the strips pass between the rolls 11 and 12 the pressure of the rolls causes the transfer of j the copyable ink from the moistened strip 1 to the prepared dry strip 2, thus producing on the strip 2 a negative copy of the addresses on the strip 1. After transferring its inked addresses to the negative strip 2, the addressstrip 1 after leavingthe impression-roll 12 runs off to Wastefas' shown in Fig. 1. r The strip 2 after leaving the roll 12 is propelled forward by feed-rolls 13, which carry the strip under the stam per 14. The rolls 13 are driven by a belt 15, running on grooved pulleys 16 and 17 on the shaft of the roll 7 and the shaft of the upper left-hand feed-roll13, respectively. A shaft 18 turns in suitable bearings on an extension of the frame 5. Grooved pulleys 19-, 20, and 21 are secured to the shafts 18, 6, and 12, respectively. A grooved pulley (not shown) is securedto the shaft 7 in line with the pulleys 19, 20, and 21. A belt22 runs on the last-named pulley on the shaft 7 and on the pulleys 19, 20, and 21, and when the crank 10 is turned to the right the belt drives the A crank 10 is se-' several rolls 19, 6, 11, and 12 in the directions indicated by arrows in Fig. 1. Crank-plates 23 and 24 are secured to the shaft 18, one at each end thereof. Thestem 14 of the stamper 14 and the stem 26 of the moistener 26 slide vertically in suitable guides 5. A connecting-rod 25 connects the crank-plate 23 with the stem 14, and a connecting rod 27 connects the stem 26" with the crank-plate 24.

.When the shaft 18 turns, the crank-plates 23 and 24 impart reciprocating movement to the stamper 14 and the moistener 26. A hose or flexible tube 28 connects the hollow stem 26 with the water-box 9, so that water may pass through the tube to the interior of the moistener 26. Inside of the moistener 26 are per forated plates 29, separated by a filling 30 of fibrous material, such as asbestos. The lower plate 29 has a covering 31, of felt or like material. When the moistener 26 descends on the paper to be moistened, water sufficient to moisten the paper is squeezed out of the filling 30 and forced through the felt 31 onto the underlying paper. A cook 32 controls the supply of water to the moiste'ner 26.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: An address-strip 1 having been wound on the spool 3, the strip, with its blank side uppermost, is passed between the rolls 6 and 7 part way around the roll 11 and between the rolls 11 and 12. A negative strip 2 having been wound on the spool 4C is passed part way around the roll 11 between the rolls 11 and 12 and between the feed-rolls 13, the un treated side of the strip 2 being in contact with the printed side of r the strip 1. The crank is then turned, so as to cause the rolls to turn and unwind the strips from the spools and carry them forward between the rolls, as already explained. As the strip 1 passes between the rolls 6 and 7 the roll 6 conveys to the unprinted side of the strip the water dripped from the pipe 8 and distributed over the roll, and the water absorbed by the paper of the strip softens and loosens the ink on the strip 1, so that it will leave the strip 1 and adhere to the strip 2 as the two strips in contact pass between the rolls l1 and 12. The strip 1 then goes to waste, and the negative strip 2, carried by the rolls 13, passes under the stamper 14:. The paper to be addressed having been previously moistened by the descending moistener26 is then placed with the moistened part under the strip 2 and directly under the stamper 14: in such position that when the stamper descends it will cause the printed side of the strip to contact with the moistened part of the paper and will cause the underlying inked address to be transferred from the strip to the paper, and so on for each succeeding address.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described method of addressing newspapers consisting in; printing in copyable ink on an address-strip the names and addresses to be transferred; providing a negative strip of transparent material; treatin g said negative strip on one side Witha solution of turpentine twelve parts, resin two parts, linseed-oil one-half part and Japan drier one-half part, all by weight; moisten ing the back of said address-strip; subject ing said address-strip and said negative strip to pressure with the untreated side of the negative strip in contact with the printed side of the address-strip; moistening the paper to be addressed and subjecting said negative strip and said paper to pressure with the inked face of said strip in contact with the moistened part of said paper, as set forth.

2. The herein-described method of address ing newspapers, consisting in, printing in copyable ink on an absorbent address-strip the names and addresses to be transferred; providing a negative strip of transparent and slightly-absorbent material, moistening the unprinted side of said address-strip; subject ing said address-strip and said negative strip to pressure with the printed face of -the addressstrip in contact with said negative strip; moistening the paper to be addressed and subjecting said negative strip and said paper to pressure with inked face of said strip in contact with the moistened part of said paper; as set forth.

3. The herein-described method of addressing newspapers, consisting in printing in copyable ink on an address-strip of absorbent material the names and addresses to be transferred; providing anegative strip of slightly absorbent material; treating one side of said strip with a preparation impervious to water; moistening the unprinted side of said address-strip; subjecting said address-strip and said negative strip to pressure with the printed side of the address-strip in contact with the untreated side of the negative strip; moistening the paper to be addressed, and subjecting said negative strip and said paper to pressure with the inked side of said negative strip in contact with the moistened part of said paper, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Springfield, Illinois, this 6th day of September, 1900.

ALFRED T. MCOREARY.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. LISTER, FRANK W. MAXWELL. 

